RAVENMARK: Scourge of Estellion  An epic turn-based strategy game

December 5th, 2011, 13:33

Originally Posted by Tebius
The free universal update for the game should arrive just before Christmas!

Good news, thanks for the reply

Originally Posted by txa1265
That is the great thing about universal apps they ARE true iPad AND iPhone games. Ravenmark plays wonderfully on my iPad it is the iPod Touch that is an issue due to lower memory

I'm still new at the iOS but I understood that this game isn't universal yet? I only find it under 'iPhone apps' on the iTunes store.
I've tried some iPhone/iPod apps and I find the pixelation off-putting It just feels like you're missing something when everything has the potential of looking really beautiful on the iPad's screen.
Hey, there are so many cheap games for these devices that one can afford to be quirky and picky!

-- "I am not interested in good; I am interested in new, even if this includes the possibility of it's being evil"
(LaMonte Young, 1962)

Originally Posted by holeraw
I'm still new at the iOS but I understood that this game isn't universal yet? I only find it under 'iPhone apps' on the iTunes store.

Yeah, my reply was a mess - right now it is still not universal, but still looks and plays better than most games on my iPad. Since I know the universal version is on the way soon I have no worries about the game at all!

Originally Posted by Tebius
The free universal update for the game should arrive just before Christmas!

Please, PLEASE, consider implementing some type of savegame syncing. Didn't iCloud in iOS 5 support this kind of thing? People with both an iPhone/iPod and an iPad have a real problem with universal games where you can play games on both devices, but they're gonna have to make a choice between them or essentially play the game twice.

There's a nice story campaign in the game, so it would be awesome if progress could be synced across the devices.

Heya all! I know it's been a while, but we've just submitted a huge update to Apple and it should be out soon. Wanted to give you all the head's up first!

Upcoming 1.03 Update Features

1. Enter the Suneaters! The Suneaters Campaign is now available! The 11 new missions offer an additional 10 to 15 hours of gameplay and depict the story from the Kaysan point of view.

2. Players can command Kaysani swarms as they take to the field!

3. A 3-medal system is now available for every mission. Players will obtain the first medal by completing a mission in Easy difficulty and the second medal by completing it in Normal difficulty. The third medal can only be obtained in Normal difficulty and the requirements are mission specific and are listed in the Tactical Menu as Secondary Objectives. The 3rd medal is intended to challenge even the best players. Players with versions of Ravenmark prior to v1.03 will be retroactively awarded 2 medals for each mission completed before the update.

4. An Easy game difficulty is now available in the Options menu. Easy mode doubles the base hit points of player controlled factions. Players may switch difficulty modes at any time, but it will only take effect on restarting/beginning a new mission.

5. As the player progresses through each mission/cutscene, the game now shows the location and movement of the main characters on the world map.

6. An Atlas (map) of the world is now available from the main menu.

7. There is now a button to jump to the Codex entry of an Attachment/Commander directly from the Element's information panel in the battlefield.

8. The information panel of an Element now shows the current and remaining health points.

10. Abilities now appear before that stat block. This makes referring for abilities easier.

11. The floating text on the battlefield are now larger on the iPad.

12. Also, iCloud syncing is now available. Missions and Medals that have been unlocked will now sync to iCloud so you can continue playing from a second device or delete Ravenmark from your device without losing any progress. Mission autosave files are NOT synced. This feature requires iCloud to be activated on a device running iOS5.

Originally Posted by AppleIntimidation
But Ravenmark shows that complex and deep strategy games are possible on the platform, ESP iPad.

Sure - but just because Ravenmark is awesome doesn't mean EVERY game for iPad is awesome. That is why I used the Two Worlds II analogy - the Castle Defense game is plenty fun, just not approaching the same depth.

Yeah, I read about the update on TouchArcade… they were very positive about it, saying it essentially doubles the amount of content. I want to buy it, but like everything else, I have a backlog that I don't even touch anymore!! Sigh, sometimes I *wish* my commute to work were longer, lol.